Reasons for not training staff?

System

buel10 wrote: »

Hi all.

I was talking to a Director of the company I work for today and I explained how the employees would like to be told what they need to do in order to get to the next pay grade as opposed to being told that they 'weren't ready' or some other reason.

I was taken aback by his reply of "Well it's like the NHS, they need nurses and surgeons, not all surgeons. We need some people to stay on their level and pay grade". I personally found this astonishing as I thought any business would thrive with better trained employees. However, I'm willing to admit that I could not be seeing the bigger picture here or that I'm missing something.

Please can I have some thoughts on this?

Thank you.

Your not giving enough information. What exactly are these peoples job titles and within that job title is there different responsibilities that require more skills?

Too keep it simple I worked in retail and my job title was "Senior Stock Movement Assistant" The company decided on a pay grade for that job and of course I would get more than just a "Stock Movement Assistant but would never get more than a Supervisor, Sales Manager or Store Manager.

If I wanted to learn more or get more money then I would have to leave or move into the management side.

If you have people in your company with the same job title and skill then they should all be paid the same rate of pay. If they're on different rates of pay then this should be reflective in a grading system that should be clearly explained to the workforce so they have a path to the higher pay grade.

Takeaway_Addict

buel10 wrote: »

Hi all.

I was talking to a Director of the company I work for today and I explained how the employees would like to be told what they need to do in order to get to the next pay grade as opposed to being told that they 'weren't ready' or some other reason.

I was taken aback by his reply of "Well it's like the NHS, they need nurses and surgeons, not all surgeons. We need some people to stay on their level and pay grade". I personally found this astonishing as I thought any business would thrive with better trained employees. However, I'm willing to admit that I could not be seeing the bigger picture here or that I'm missing something.

Please can I have some thoughts on this?

Thank you.

Clearly the Director feels that there isn't the need, if someone leaves they will hire someone else. Not always a bad thing